Two cases of fulminant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia within 4 months

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 180-183

  Baum, Heike Von ^a   Strubel, A ^b   Nollert, J ^a   Layh Schmitt, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Genzyme Virotech   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Immunoblot; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 0034115948     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050077     Document Type: Article

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